Windows.old folder – How to remove on Windows 7 and Windows 8

Today, We are going to share how to delete Windows.old folder on Windows7 and Windows8. If you had spent some time to delete the Windows.old folder, you got the right place to solve the problem. Here are two methods (Disk Cleanup and Command Prompt) to remove Windows.old folder. It’s won’t be difficult at all! Please follow the instruction below.

 

Method 01. Disk Cleanup

Step 01. Go to Windows Start Menu

Step 02. In the search box, Type disk cleanup > Disk cleanup icon will be shown on the list > Click on it

Step 03. It will ask you to choose driver to perform the disk cleanup > Select Drive (C:) that has Windows 7 installed

Step 04. Click on Clean up System Files button

Step 05. Check the box to Previous Windows Installation > Click Ok

 

Method 02. Command Prompt

Step 01. Go to Windows Start Menu > Type cmd in the search field > Open cmd

Step 02. Type takeown /F C:\Windows.old\* /R /A in the command prompt windows and hit Enter

Step 03. Type cacls C:\Windows.old\*.* /T /grant administrators:F and hit Enter > It will ask you Yes or No > Type Y and hit Enter

Step 04. Type rmdir /S /Q C:\Windows.old\ and hit Enter and your done!

 

Hope this works for everyone who’s trying to delete Windows.old folder. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful day 🙂